The government said its in-house IT system was “more flexible” while meeting “high standards” of security.

San Salvador, El Salvador  – Bitget Wallet Card, a top crypto debit card for everyday spending, today announced the launch of its Ride Cashback Campaign across Latin America. Running from April to May 2026, the campaign rewards eligible users with cashback on qualifying ride-hailing transactions, bringing real-world crypto card utility to one of the region’s […]

Pioneering and controversial geneticist who was one of the first to sequence the human genome, in part by using his own DNA

At the international BioVision conference in Lyon in February 2001, the geneticist Craig Venter performed a remarkable piece of scientific barnstorming. Human beings possess far fewer genes than science had ever realised, he announced. We have about 30,000, far lower than...

Brooklyn, NY  – Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova successfully secured a rare and extraordinary gubernatorial pardon for her client as part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent clemency initiative, in which only 19 individuals statewide received pardons. The pardon grants critical relief from the immigration consequences of a past criminal conviction and represents one of the most […]

Dublin, Ireland  – NAV Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd. now offers fund administration solutions for Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), expanding its services for regulated investment funds domiciled in Ireland and the European Union. “Ireland remains one of Europe’s leading UCITS domiciles, supported by a strong regulatory framework and...

Maziv, the parent company of Vumatel, welcomes the decision by ICASA to approve the licence transfer application of Herotel. This follows the approval of Vumatel’s (Vuma) acquisition of Herotel by the Competition Tribunal in December last year. The ICASA approval marks a definitive step forward in strengthening South Africa’s fibre ecosystem and accelerating the collective […]

A new generation of South African innovators is building technology solutions that address the country’s most pressing social and economic challenges. The top finalists in the Huawei Developer Competition Code4Mzansi have developed solutions rooted in the realities people move through every day, children buying food from spaza shops, households stretching social grants, young people locked […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in terms of section 91(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, has removed Minister of Social Development, Sisisi Tolashe, from her position.  Section 91(2) of the Constitution empowers the President to appoint and dismiss members of the Cabinet at his/ her discretion. In a brief statement issued […]

Gurhan Kiziloz, whose gaming operations generated substantial transaction volumes between 2021 and 2024, has been cut off from $213 million in cryptocurrency holdings following enforcement action by Brazilian tax authorities. The asset freeze marks an escalation in regulatory scrutiny of gaming operators who processed payments through cryptocurrency channels. Tether, responding to Brazilian...

A $213 million cryptocurrency freeze has been imposed on assets connected to Gurhan Kiziloz, following Brazilian government allegations of unpaid gambling taxes and unregistered digital token offerings. The freeze, executed by Tether, affects holdings spread across multiple digital wallets. The assets relate to gaming operations Kiziloz ran between 2021 and 2024, a period during which […]

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has appointed insider Charles Shilowa as its acting Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 July 2026. Shilowa, currently Group Executive for Capital Infrastructure Asset Management, will take over when current CEO Nompumelelo Mpofu’s contract expires on 30 June 2026. Mpofu will also step down as an executive director at […]

Discovery Bank today announced a major expansion of its AI-powered’ banking capabilities, alongside new security and servicing enhancements, streamlined access to life insurance, and a rewards partnership with DStv, as it continues to build a single, intelligent digital banking platform for everyday spending, protection and rewards. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, says, “We are […]

You may think you know when someone’s trying to deceive you, but there’s a clever trick very few people are aware of – one that has eluded AI and Traitors contestants alike

Can you tell if someone is lying?

Close your eyes. You’re already twice as good as you were before.

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Salesforce hosted an intimate media roundtable at WeWork Oxford Road in Rosebank for a candid, unvarnished conversation about AI’s mounting impact on the South African workforce. Bringing together senior Salesforce leaders and an enterprise change practitioner from Standard Bank Group, the session produced a collective message that left little room for equivocation: AI is already […]